Non-refillable bottle.



C. E. LINCOLN. `NoN-'REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1910.

980,300. v Patented Jans, 1911.

E l i 1 I-CLINTON E. LINCOLN, OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.`

NON-REFILLAB-LE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 19, 1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 578,008. i

.To all whom it may concern.'

' Be it k`nown-that I, CLINTON E. LINCOLN,

Y citizen of the United States, residing at Greensboro, in the county ofGuilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in lNon- Refillable Bottles, of which the followingis a specification.

The primary object of this invention is a simple, and efficientconstruction o'f nonrefillable bottle which will be capable ofwithstanding all'of the tests which are ordinarily employed in attemptsto fill bottles of this character, which will in no wisc interfere withthe operation of pouring out the contents of thebottle as desired andwhich may be easily constructed and the parts assembled and sealed insuch a manner that access can not'be had to the valves for the purposeof tampering with the saine.

lVithithis and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain conv structions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of theupper portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention;Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, through the mouth of the bottle,the section being taken substantially on the line 2v2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3is a similar View on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a detail View f acore that may be employed; Fir. 5 is a detail side View ofA one form ofspring hereinafter specifically described; Figs. (S, 7 and 8 are detailviews of another form of spring; and, Fig. 9 illustrates a modificationof the main valve casing.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portiony ofa bottle, and 2 the neck thereof, said neck being preferfablycylindrical, as shown at its base and being substantially of ovoid shapein hori- .zontal section above the base portion, as

indicated at 3. In other words, inthe preferred construction of theneck, it is laterally enlarged at one side, as indicated at 4.

In theoperation of assembling the parts, a plug 5 of cork or the like isinserted in the cylindrical base portion of the neck 2, said plug beingformed with an opening in which a lower valve tube 6 is fitted. Thisvalve tube preferably extends a slight distance below the plug, as bestillustrated in Fig. 1, and is formed with a contracted lower end 7designed to constitute the seat for a cupshaped valve 8. This valve isreferably hollow, as shown, and is dispose with its rounded portionlowermost and with its opening facing upwardly, whereby it willetl'ectually prevent the filling ofthe bottle v by pouring the liquid inthrough the lower tube 6 and at the same time jerking the valve upward.Manifestly, a ball valve would not possess this advantageous` feature.

An angular upper valve tube 9 has one end fitted down within the upperen'd of the lower tube (i, the lower edge of the tube 9 terminating anypredetermined distance above the upper edge of the valve 8 in thenormally closed position of the latter and being formed with any desirednumber of inwardly turned luGs or projections 10 designed to engage tievalve 8 so as to limit the opening movement thereof and prevent thewithdrawal of the yalve.

After the plug 5 and lower and upper tubes 6 and 9, together with thevalve 8, have been inserted inoplace, the upper laterally elongatedmouth portion of the neck 2 is filled with cement or the like, with theexception of parts in which the outlet passages and air inlet andfilling passages are formed, and the outlet passage (the-lower end `ofwhich is formed by the tubes and 9) is produced in the cement by a core11 which is'inserted down into the mouth of the neck and into the outerhorizontally disposed and beveled end of the tube 9.l As a part which ispreferably'inserted with the core 11 coacts primarily withan air inlettube, I deem it advisable 'at this time-to describe said air. inlettubeor passage. This air inlet tube includes a lower section 12 lwhichis inserted in the plug 5, extending both above and below the latter,the lower end of said air inlet tube 12 being curved toward the wall ofthe body portion of the bottle, as clearly illustrated in 4the drawing.The upper,` end of the tube 12 isdeflected in an opposite direction toitslower end and is designed to have slipped over it a tubular valvecasing 13, whereby the upper.. end of the tube 12 will form a valve seatfor a relatively small ball valve 14 mounted for a longitudinal movementin the tubular casing The upper end of the'air inlet tube is formed by atube section 15 which is slipped into the upper end of the tubular valvecasing 13 andv which has its outer end downwardly deected, so that awire can notbe inserted therein for the purpose'of obtaining access tothe small valve 14and holding the same ofi' of its seat in an attempt tolill the bottle. This tube section is provided atfits inner end with alip 16 against which the ball valve 14 is designed to abut when thebottle is inverted to pourvout the contents, this lip pre-venting theball valve from closing the air; inlet tube in the operation of pouringout .thecontents of the bottle.

Returning now to the core 11, I 4'insert with said core a spring 17which is designed to close the outer end of the tube section 15 whenrthe bottle is corked, and which is desi ed to spring slightly away fromsaid tu e section when thev bottle is uncorked so 'as to permit air toenter the air inlet tube while at the same time preventing the -55 yottle.

liquid from backing into the tube when the contents are being pouredout,v In one form of this spring, illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, thesame embodies a clip or band -18 f which is designed to partiallyencircle the core and be held thereto" by frictional engagement as'thecore is inserted into the mouth of the bottle, said spring alsol in-`clu'ding side flanges 19 adapted to extend 40 on opposite sides of theouter end of the tube section 15, `whereby to keep the liquid back fromthe air inlet end of said tube section when the contents of the bottleare being poured out. After this spring 17, which is preferably composedofjsteel, has been inserted down into the lmouth of the bottle withthecore 11, the cement is poured around the core and tube 9 as well asthe tubes 12 and 15 and their intermediate and connecting valve casing13, another core (not shown) being used to leave open at this `seal thebottle and render it proof as 'against refilling. After the cement hasset, the core 11 is withdrawn, thereby lforming an outlet passage whichcontinues to the mouth edge -of the bottle from the outer end of the up`per tube 9. Manifestly, the spring 17 will be embedded in the cement andits upper end all of the contents of the bottle, the spring 17 will moveslightly away from the adjacent end of the tube section 15 so as toermit air to flow freely in throuefhr the air lnlet tube while, thebottle is inverted, while at the As soon as the cork has been re sametime keeping the liquid back from the f air .inlet passage. So long asthe. bottle is upright, it is clear that no liquid can be poured inthrough the air inlet tube, as the same issealed by the ball valve 14. v

For a modification of the spring, reference is to be had to Fig. 6,wherein the spring, designated 17, is illustrated as formed with sidelugs 18a designed to enter slots 21 in the core 11a, instead of claspingthe core as in that form of the spring illustrated in Fi 5. p

gis a modification of the main valve casing formed by the lower andupper tube before described, reference mayl be had to Fig. 9, whichillustrates that if desired these tubes may be made in halves dividedlongitudinally, each being provided with lugs 10a designed to limit theouter movement of the ball valve. It will be understood that in thismodification, the two halves ofthe tubes may be secured together in anydesired way and that the lower tube half preferablyl forms an integralpart of the upper tube half. In other Words, in this modification of thetubes theyv are made up of two longitudinally divided sections insteadof upper and lower sectionsconnected together by a slip joint, as inthat form of the invention herein first described.

From the foregoing description in `connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the operation of forming and using my improved non-refillablebottle will be apparent, as I have described the operating steps alongwith a recital of the detail construction and arrangement of the parts.It might be added, however, that when the bottle 1s completed and filledand the opening 20 sealed,- a cork is inserted in the upper end of theoutlet opening so as to press the upper end of thespring 17 orv17ar backagainst the adjacent end of the air inlet tube 15, thereby closing thelatter and the contents of the bottle being ke t from deterioration, asthey are not exposec tothe atmosphere; In order to pour out any orv allof the contents of the bottle, it is only necessary to remove the corkor stopperand by thus inverting or tilting the bottle, with the outletopening lower-most, the liquid may easily flow out past the valve 8,while at the same time the ball valve y14 at .in the body ofthe bottleand at its other end will drop against the lip 16, permitting air.dispensing mouth, and an outlet opening therein, and an air inletopening arranged to admit air into the body of the bottle as thecontents thereof are poured therefrom,

a valve adapted to close said outlet opening and a spring in the outletopening arranged to close the air inlet openin upon the insertion of astopper in the out et opening, said spring being adapted toautomatically uncover the air inlet opening upon the retraction of thestopper.

2. A lnon-re1illable bottle, provided with a dispensing mouth, and anoutlet opening,

and an air inlet passage opening at one end inthe' outlet opening, avalve adapted to close said outlet opening and a spring mounted in saidoutlet opening and arranged to cover t-he outer end of the air inletassage upon the insertion of a stopper in tie outletopening and touncover the outlet end Vof the air lnlet passage upon the extraction ofthe stopper.

3. A non-refillable bottle, provlded with a dispensing mout-h. and anvoutlet opening therein'and an air inlet passage opening at one end thebody ot' the bottle and at its outer end in the outlet opening,` a valveadapted to close said outlet opening and a spring mounted in the outletopening and arranged to cover and uncover the outer end of the air inletpassage, saidy spring being formed with side flanges designed to extendalong opposite sides of the air inlet passage at the outer end of thelatter, whereby to keep the liquid back from said end ot the air inletpassage when the bottle is tilted to pour out its contents.

4. A non-reiillable bottle, provided with a dispensing mouth and anoutlet opening and an air inlet passage extending there through from andto the mouth rim of the bottle andthe interior of the body portionthereof, a valve adapted to close said outlet opening, cement in themouth of the bottle and filling the space around the walls of saidoutlet opening, and a spring having aI attaching portion embedded in thecement in the outlet opening and provided with a plate adapted to closeagainst the outer end of the air inlet passage upon the insertion of astopper in the outlet opening, the plate being arranged to automaticallymove away from and uncover the outer end of the air passage upon theextraction of the stopper. In testimony whereof I ailix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

CLINTON E. LINCOLN. [1.. s.] Witnesses: i

J. H. CAMDBN, CLARA E. LINCOLN.

